⸺ Obituary · December 14, 2018 ⸺
“Bitcoin Is Pretty Much Dead, Says Teenage Crypto Phenom”
— MarketWatch, Erik Finman
“Bitcoin is dead, it’s too fragmented, there’s tons of infighting I just don’t think it will last,” Finman told MarketWatch. “It may have a bull market or two left in it, but long-term, its dead.”
Price at death
$3,224
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×22.8
On 2018-12-14, Erik Finman (Bitcoin Investor) declared Bitcoin dead via MarketWatch. Bitcoin was trading at ~$3,224 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on December 14, 2018, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $3,224. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 22.8× relative to the price on the day MarketWatch pronounced it finished.